True. However he has so far been branded (by LR) a marathon failure because of his 10K times. We all know the OLYs are not what they were - at least 20 EA's would have easily beaten him in Rio given the right incentive. Likewise Boston. Majors are diluted now, spreading the $ around. GR's marathon times are mediocre on the world stage, inferior to some guys who couldn't break 28:30.

Pretzel Man

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/17/2017 7:33PM - in reply to ddfun

Gruppy wrote:True. However he has so far been branded (by LR) a marathon failure because of his 10K times.

Those people are idiots. He's run two marathons against international competition and placed in both of them. Anyone who calls that a failure should recalibrate their expectations. I mean, really. Meb was 9th in his marathon debut and he ended up doing okay.

broken arrowregistered

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/17/2017 7:42PM - in reply to Opiate for the Masses

It is always hard to rank marathon runners on their time versus medals in the WC or OG. A medal in the OG carries a lot of weight, so I would have to put Meb and Rupp ahead of Salazar and Hall. Shorter and Rodgers are 1 and 2.

douglas burkeregistered

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/17/2017 7:46PM - in reply to Ritz Crackers

SO FAR, My guess is Rupp will run a time trial type marathon like Berlin, Dubai, Etc. and he will run a High 2:03-low 2:04, can't wait until he does as I hate explaining why 2:05.38 is the American Record when Ryan Hall has run 2:04.58, when Rupp runs 2:04.57 or faster (And he will) I will be happy not to have to explain this anymore.

Stormbringer

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/17/2017 7:55PM - in reply to Pretzel Man

Beardsley was more than a one race man. He had a great career.Rupp is a terrific marathon runner. I hope to see him continue to run. I can't put him in my top 5. Kinda like putting Bo Jackson into the Hall of Fame. Too brief of a career. Rupp needs to compile more competitive marathon finishes. IMO

Stormbringer

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/18/2017 6:06AM - in reply to word play

SO FAR, My guess is Rupp will run a time trial type marathon like Berlin, Dubai, Etc. and he will run a High 2:03-low 2:04, can't wait until he does as I hate explaining why 2:05.38 is the American Record when Ryan Hall has run 2:04.58, when Rupp runs 2:04.57 or faster (And he will) I will be happy not to have to explain this anymore.

Agreed. Too bad we'll have to explain 2:00:25 for the next 20 years...

Runningart2004registered

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/18/2017 6:51AM - in reply to broken arrow

broken arrow wrote:It is always hard to rank marathon runners on their time versus medals in the WC or OG. A medal in the OG carries a lot of weight, so I would have to put Meb and Rupp ahead of Salazar and Hall. Shorter and Rodgers are 1 and 2.

But Rodgers never won a WC or OG medal....

Alan

Ackleyregistered

RE: Rupp could retire today as one of the top ten best US marathoners ever.5/18/2017 7:00AM - in reply to Stormbringer

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